[^ – ^] 2014

So far, 2014 has been quite strange for me. I stopped updating the My Cardboard Life comics towards the end of last year and after five years of making collage comics every day it’s a big change to stop and do other things! For the past few months I’ve been working really hard on one of my other comics, Soppy, which is going to be a book (details of the book deal here!) and also I’ve been moving house. I still live in Nottingham but this time my house has a basement (I’m never going in the basement because there’s a huge spider in there).

I hope that I’ll be able to have some new comic updates around here later in the year. If you want to keep track of the other stuff I’m doing as well as find out when the comic updates, you can follow my Tumblr, Twitter or Facebook page

I have a few appearances coming up and I’ve listed them in the sidebar thing but here they are again:

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Go to Hot Doug’s, get the Chicago-style dog, don’t be afraid of the neon green relish.

You’ll be here for street festival season! Do Division Fest is that weekend and it happens to be one of the the best ones. You’ll get a lot of entertainment for $5.

If the weather is nice, go stand on the beach. There is totally a beach.

If the weather is not nice, go to the Field Museum and stare down the face of SUE, the most complete, biggest t-rex fossil ever found.

Go to the Hancock Building and skip the skydeck. Instead go one floor down to The Signature Room, you’ll get the same view as the skydeck and a fancy cocktail, and for less money. Also the women’s bathroom as one of the most gorgeous views of the city, no joke.

Take the architecture boat tour on the river. You’ll get a beautiful tour of the city and a crash course in our history.

I have been missing your comics! But am excited to hear more about the book. Chicago is my city, and you’ll have a great time there. Places to eat: best sandwiches, Chicago Bagel Authority, best burgers, Kuma’s Corner, best pizza, Giordano’s (deep dish, of course, but their thin crust is great too!), best gourmet hot dogs, Hot Doug’s, and I hear that Girl & the Goat is just great but I haven’t been yet, somehow! Visit the Bean downtown (or “Cloudscape”), go to the art museum if you have a chance, and just explore some different neighborhoods. Yay!

The Museum of Science & Industry. They have Colleen Moore’s fairy castle dollhouse. I dunno if it’s still on display, but it might be interesting to see (along with many other things there). Moore was a silent film star, who helped bring The Flapper style to women in America. The dollhouse was something she cobbled together over the years. has all kinds of miniature stuff, including tiny books written by famous Hollywood actors.

Taxis are so expensive, so try to avoid those in Chicago. Make sure you try Chicago’s deep dish pizza. Also festivals and boat tours are fun. I mostly like to go and eat tons of food, but I do that on most vacations!